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Commencement exercises are held once each academic year at the end of the spring
semester. All students who are eligible to receive degrees are expected to
participate in the commencement ceremony. If requirements for the degree were
completed by the end of the winter term, a student who is unable to be present
at the ceremony may petition the faculty for permission to receive the degree in
absentia, giving the reason for his or her inability to attend the commencement
ceremony.
Prospective graduates must pay all debts to the Seminary, including the library,
no later than the last day of classes of the spring semester in order to
participate in the commencement exercises. Neither a diploma nor a final
transcript will be released until a student’s financial obligations to the
Seminary are met in full.
The cost of commencement will be billed to the student prior to graduation.
A graduation reception is held in connection with the commencement exercises,
normally on the evening preceding the ceremony. This reception provides an
opportunity for fellowship with faculty and fellow-graduates and for reflections
on the Seminary years and on future plans. An alumni luncheon and faculty
lectures, to which graduates are invited as new members of the WSC Alumni
Association, takes place on the day before graduation.
For information on this year's (2006) Commencement,
click here.
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